About Evil Speaking

 Commands against it:

Exodus 22:28

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

Ephesians 4:25-31

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.   Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:   Neither give place to the devil.   Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.   Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.   And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.   Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Shortens life:

Psalms 34:13

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

1 Peter 3:9-10

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.   For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Brings sure judgment:

Psalms 12:3-4

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Matthew 12:36-37

But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.   For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Spiritual Quotes 

 “We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.”

 “Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?”

 “God does not waste an ounce of our pain or a drop of our tears; suffering doesn't come our way for no reason, and He seems especially efficient at using what we endure to mold our character. If we are malleable, He takes our bumps and bruises and shapes them into something beautiful.”